Ecotourism. Ecolodge. Ecotravel. Sustainable tourism. You see these words inscribed on almost every hotel, every tourist destination, and on the tip of every travel promoter’s tongue. Do we really know what we are talking about when we mention any of these terms? Our society has become so eco-orientated, desperate to come across as environmentally friendly, …
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New Marine Park “Sinks” My Boat
A one million hectare marine park. Isn’t it fantastic that our world is finally realizing the terrible impact global warming and ecological destruction poses on our society? Northern Sabah has been planning this for seven years. The park has shown a greater range of biodiversity than the Caribbean and Great Barrier reef in Australia. It …
The Chain of Eco tourism: Tying Environmental Awareness to our Society.
All across the globe Eco-hotels, lodges, resorts, and other forms of accommodation have sprung up. Promoting their environmentally friendly approach to all forms of travel; luxury, cosy, and backpacking. Recently, hotel and resort chains have begun taking on the challenge of reinventing themselves as Green sustainers. One such chain is the well known Club Mediterranée, …
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Golf while helping the environment
Dear readers Golf have too often a very negative impact on environment, generally on water, fauna and flora. We have seen disastrous golf developemnt on the planet … Thats why we are happy to introduce an original concept: Tee for Tree Well Planet introduced a unique and noble golf tee brand; Plantee. The integrated concept …
Marriott’s IT department awarded for its Green behaviour
Marriott was in fact the sole hotel group to be part of the 2010’s ‘Top 12 Green IT Companies’, awarded by Computerworld magazine. Marriott was recognised for its efforts to make its hightech operations more energy effi cient and less wasteful. As an example a new cooling system for the company’s data centre and improved …
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Maldives – leading by example: Climate-conscious Maldives Prez adopts solar energy
It might be a very symbolic gesture but it is clearly a great communcation success: so as to to persuade world leaders to go green and demonstrate their commitment to renewable energy, the President of the Maldives, Mohammad Nasheed will adopt a solar energy model at his residence shunning non-renewable energy. The Maldives are widely …
Eco Resort – The American way …
the Gaia Napa Valley Hotel became lately famous for being the first american luxury resort to receive the gold LEED-certified Prize. But what is LEED corresponding to? LEED is an acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. To get LEED certification from the United States Green Building Council, hotels must gain points in five …
The TOP10 Luxury and Eco Destinations
The website Conscious Ventures has come up with a list of destinations that include luxury resorts, spas, and lodges built according to strict environmental standards or renovating to improve energy-efficiency and water conservation. They have found 10 luxury and eco conscious destinations including countries such as the US or Costa Rica; here is their short …
ESTC conference in Portland (Sep8-Sep10)
Dear readers, Please have a look at the video on Planeterra’s YouTube channel at: www.youtube.com/planeterra#p/u/6/zC6iPxNmRQ8 . This aims at promoting the upcoming Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference (ESTC) Sept. 8-10 in Portland in the US. This conference is the only North American conference focused on green travel. Planeterra (www.planeterra.org/ )is bringing a focus on voluntourism …
Can Luxury Travel and Sustainable Tourism go hand in hand ?
Many people dichotomize luxury and sustainable development, claiming that it is impossible to mix the two. There is a nice article on the controversial subject here:http://www.gadling.com/2009/06/03/the-hard-truth-of-green-luxury-travel/ More info on luxurytravel is available in these good directories:http://www.oneluxurytravel.com/articleshttp://www.oneluxurytravel.com/glossaryhttp://www.oneluxurytravel.com/glossaire10http://www.oneluxurytravel.com/glossaire50http://www.oneluxurytravel.com/glossaire100http://www.oneluxurytravel.com/glossaire200